A Desk For Travelers

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Have Louis Vuitton's limited-edition writing desk and stool, will travel. Designer Christian Liaigre has designed a travel desk featuring a fold-out table styled in naturally tanned cowhide with sycamore edging. It's accompanied by a matching leather stool and a document holder.

The whole thing is toted easily with a detachable shoulder strap.

The set weighs less than 20 pounds, and it's light enough to throw in the back of the car.

It's also beautiful enough to set up in your own home. It combines utility with simple beauty, using natural materials, pared-down shaped and muted colors.

The travel desk and stool is being produced in worldwide limited-edition of 100 desks and 200 stools, and is available by special order at the Louis Vuitton store at 251 Worth Ave., Palm Beach. Phone: (407) 833-4671.

The suggested retail price is $9,350.

Organizing odds and ends

Here's how to do away with that messy kitchen or garage drawer that collects everything from odd buttons to spare screws.

Plano Molding Co. is offering an organizer that can be set up to include nearly 100 see-through compartments that consumers can use to sort and store lots of tiny items.

The StowAway Organizer, which has dimensions of 9 1/2 inches by 15 inches by 11 1/4 inches, can be stored on the kitchen counter top or it can fit neatly on a workbench.

The organizer has four clear boxes, each with adjustable dividers that can create as many as 24 compartments. Each box fits on top of each other into a plastic rack.

The StowAway Organizer, which is available at hardware stores and other large retailers, has a suggested retail price of $26.

The modern-day spray

Water Facets has introduced the first electronic pull-out sink sprayer that can adapt easily to any automatic or manual faucet.

The Mista sprayer delivers an even spray of water with an effortless touch of an electronic switch located at its tip.